Sunday, January 07, 2007

Next on ESPN...Avery Moore

Yesterday Avery started in our local basketball league. Avery did really well and was definitely the most passionate player on the court. Jermaine and I were so proud of him. He ran for every ball, jumped for every rebound, and was just so passionate about every drill. At the beginning of the practice the coach asked the kids to do a few laps around the gym. Avery was so excited, he ran at full speed - so fast that he actually ended up circling around the court, running a full lap in front of the rest of the team.

We were very proud that Avery scored the first basket of the game. He actually ended up scoring 2 out of the 3 baskets on his team (it was a short, 30 minute game). He was also responsible for some key plays; he had 2 steals, which he called "interceptions". Today we went out and bought some new basketball sneakers which we now call "the secret weapons". We plan to unleash them next week. If you haven't guessed, we're not into the "everybody wins/let's not keep score" mentality. We're taking no prisoners! NO PRISONERS!

Also noteworthy...Avery had the largest cheering section! ...next week we plan to show up with our faces painted orange - Jermaine's going to paint a number "7" on his belly. I'm going to get a sign "# 7 is my son" - like Allen Iverson's mother did at the sixers games.

My husband was almost ejected from a Christian School where his daughter was playing because he screamed to the ref that the other team was playing like animals. I tried not to sit with him after that. I think I did go to every game my girls played (or cheered at). I miss those days. I do go to the surrogate grandkids games now.Have fun for the next 20 years.

I love this word "ejected" being used!! Anyways, good job Erin on all of the basketball terminology! I am going to be a mess when my kids start playing sports. I don't know a thing about them except for catering football parties at my house!!BTW, you should switch to the BETA google version of blogger - much easier to post pics!